Improvement in watee-wheels



No. 61,792. PATENTED FEB. 5, 1867. I

G. ARRISON.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, GEORGE Annrsom o f Trenton, in the county of Mercer,and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and improved Water-Wheel;and I do hereby declare that the following is a. full,.clear, and exactdescription hereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use the'sanie, reference being had'to the accompanyingv drawings,forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 represents avertical section of this invention. Figure 2 is a plan or top view ofthe same. Figure 3 is a partial side elevation of the same. Similarletters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention consists in thearrangement of additional buckets betweenthe ordinary buckets of water-- wheels, said additional buckets beingadjustable by means of set-screws in such a manner that by raising orlowering said adjustable buckets or gatesfthe water spaces ofthewheelcan be regulated according to the aggregate amount ofwater-passing through the wheel, and said water 'can be used to the bestadvantage.

A represents a watei wheel, which is mounted on the shaft B in theordinary manner. Said wheel is provided with curved buckets C, and withadditional buckets or gates D, and said gates are secured behind thebuckets by set-screws, a, passing through slots b. By these means thegates can be readily adjusted up or down, and the water-spaces orchannels 0 between them and the-buckets C can be enlarged or diminishedat" pleasure; The wheel can thus at all times be readily adjusted.according to the quantity of water to behad, and the water can be usedto the best advantage.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The gates D, made adjustable by set-screws a, andslots 6, in combination with the buckets C of a waterwheel, constructedand operating substantially as and for the purpose described.

GEORGE ARRISON.

Witnesses: v

Monms Moses, DANIEL Psrsns.

